HAMDEN, Conn. - Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey head coach
Rand Pecknold will be signing copies of his instructional hockey
book, "Hard-Core Hockey" on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. at the
Quinnipiac Bookstore on the Mt. Carmel Campus of Quinnipiac
University. Pecknold's first book was released last year and is
available for purchase on campus, as well as various websites and
commercial bookstores. Quinnipiac is ranked 4th in the
nation and is currently 12-1-0 overall and enjoying an eight-game
win streak, the longest active streak in NCAA Division I
hockey.

Pecknold and Aaron Foeste co-authored the book, which was published
by McGraw-Hill Publishers and is available for purchase at
amazon.com.

"Hard Core Hockey" is an all-in-one guide to playing high-caliber
hockey from a veritable who's who of the sport's top coaches. The
book includes instruction on advanced skating, stick-handling and
collegiate-level systems, as well as several effective practice
drills. The book also features contributions from Ted Donato,
former NHL player and current head coach of the Harvard University
men's hockey team, and Frank Serratore, head coach of the United
States Air Force Academy men's hockey team.

Pecknold has served as the Quinnipiac men's hockey head coach for
the past 15 years and was instrumental in the Bobcats' transition
to the Division I ranks. During his career he has developed
Quinnipiac into one of the nation's top college hockey programs.
Quinnipiac is among the top five schools in the country for wins
and winning percentage over the past 10 years, and has often
appeared in the national polls since joining ECAC Hockey for the
2005-06 season. Pecknold has earned more than 275 victories over
his coaching career - all at Quinnipiac - and has won 20 games in
nine of the Bobcats' 10 years in Division I hockey. The longest
tenured and all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac men's ice
hockey history, Pecknold was a two-time Spencer Penrose Award
finalist - in 2002 and 2005 - given to the National Coach of the
Year.

In addition to his team's overall success, Quinnipiac athletes have
enjoyed individual success under Pecknold's guidance. Pecknold has
coached five conference Players of the Year and five conference
Rookies of the Year. Pecknold has also coached four All-Americans
and two Hobey Baker Memorial Award candidates, including one Top-10
Finalist. He has also coached 21 all-conference team selections and
84 all-academic team honorees.